Physiological FDG uptake in the palatine tonsils

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-300

  Kawabe, Joji ^a   Okamura, Terue ^a   Shakudo, Miyuki ^a   Koyama, Koichi ^a   Sakamoto, Hirokazu ^a   Ohachi, Yoshihiro ^a   Higashiyama, Shigeaki ^a   Inoue, Yuichi ^a   Yamada, Ryusaku ^a   Ochi, Hironobu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDG; PET; Physiological inflammation; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0034919911     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02987850     Document Type: Article

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